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IMG looks east in FIVB expansion plans
IMG sees room for growth in China and South East Asia
Lagardere’s Qatar connection
Lagardere needs its friends in Qatar to keep Al Jazeera at bay
World Cup set to boost ESS rights sales in Australia
World Cup should boost ESS ICC revenues in Australia; Sony, Zee and ESS in battle for BCCI's retendered world rights
Worth: ‘NBC deal was critical for America’s Cup’
NBC deal 'critical' for revamped America's Cup, says Worth
BBC retains rugby league Challenge Cup rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed its rights deal for rugby league’s Challenge Cup.
Premier League could sell rights on pan-European basis, Scudamore says
The English Premier League is considering folding its next cycle of UK rights, from 2013-14 to 2015-16, into a pan-European package in the wake of the European Court of Justice legal case that has brought…
BBC not interested in Football League live rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC is interested in retaining highlights rights for English Football League competitions, but is not interested in live games, according to the Daily Mail
BSkyB chief intervenes in F1 story dispute
Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB, ordered a news story to be removed from the broadcaster’s Sky News website following a complaint that it had upset Formula One t…
Sky’s F1 channel gets 874,000 for first live grand prix
Sky Sports F1, the new Formula One-dedicated channel from UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB, attracted an average audience of 874,000 for its live coverage of Sunday’s season-opening Australian grand p…
Channel 4 to launch production tender for horse racing coverage
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 will launch a tender to find a broadcast production partner after acquiring domestic free-to-air rights from the Racecourse Media Group for the Royal Ascot, Derby, Grand…
British Eurosport secures GB v Sweden Davis Cup tie
British Eurosport, the UK arm of pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport, acquired exclusive live rights to next month’s Fed Cup tennis match between Great Britain and Sweden.
Uefa to sanction English football bodies after broadcast clash
Football’s European governing body Uefa said it would sanction England’s Football Association and Premier League after Tuesday’s Liverpool v Everton Premier League game was broadcast live on the same …
BBC resigned to losing horse racing rights to Channel 4
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC is resigned to losing the domestic free-to-air rights for the Royal Ascot, Derby and Grand National horse racing events to commercial broadcaster Channel 4, according…
Channel 4 makes big offer to take control of UK free-to-air horse racing rights
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 submitted an offer of £15 million (€17.6 million/$23.8
MP & Silva to edge out IMG in close battle for FA Asian rights
FA set for small increase in Asia with new MP & Silva deal
Uefa up in Belgium but flat in cosy Israeli market
Uefa is ahead in Belgium but stays flat in cosy Israel
MP & Silva taps into French boom to double values
MP & Silva doubles up in France with league rights
Crozier plays down ITV interest in Premier League rights
Adam Crozier, the chief executive of UK commercial broadcaster ITV, said the broadcaster was unlikely to bid for the rights for football’s English Premier League in the next cycle.